Type-writing machine.



W. J. NEIDIG. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 17, 1909.

' Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

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TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I'll-E1) DEO.17, 1909.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

9 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WILLIAM ans-role, or nausea; Wisconsin, .assreuon," str'ransnr. iissreumsursf TO cnrceeo *r'rrrn Aunraosr COMPANY, TRUSTEE, ,e. coaroaarzon or ILLINOIS.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be-it lrnownthat I, ll'nimlur JoNATnAX Nmmmacitizen of the United States, residing at Madison.-in the county of Dane and State of :Wisconsin. have invented a new andusefnl Improvement in Type-Yv'riting Machines. of which the following is a speci-' Certain principles and features of my invention as. described herein are included within the generic invention which is decribed and claimed in my co-pendingap.

plication filed April 30, 190$). Serial No. 493,193. My general invention supplies the ope 'atcr of a, ty 'aewriting machine with autoinatic indicating means under the novel.

control of a ""39WI'liEP-I'DQChuIIlSHl part used in the eper on of tvpewriting. whereby without-ere cising'preliminary care he is ableto inform himself oi the position of his advancing sheet either with respect to the first line printed thereon or to some other point-on the sheet. it also supplies him with additional or with substitute indicating means under the novel control of such a typewritermechanisrn part. whereby such types'as desired oi' signaling devices and of machine-lock devices may be cmployedto indicate the arrival of the sheet into a predetermined line-position. The

present branch or division of the invention supplies the operator with such indicating means. The embodiment thereof shown in Figuresl, -l and 5 of the drawings cmplQYS an operativea-nember that is actuated from the platen under the control of the i line-space lever of the typewriter-mechanism, and the use of said line-space lever as a controlling agent 'for the indicating means constitutes on of the leading features of the present invention. Another ot the leadingfeatures thereof is the use of detent means forgivingthe operative member its initial or starting position. Other Eeatufes are as hereinafter described and claimed.

One of the leading objects of'iny present invention is to supply special types oi driving and controlling incans adapted. 'to 'be used in other combinations or separately tor similar sheet-position indicating purposes.

in the dra ings.-l ig. 1 is a top or plan view of an embodiment of my invention: Fig. 2 is an end] view cf the same. but showingthc mechanism in a d'iliercnt operative position; Fig. 3 isa top or plan .view of Specification oi Letters Patent. P31 uted Se t 15- 1914 a ncnbi filed December 17, 1909. seriaiuo. 533,725.

typical modification; Fig. el is anenlarged sectional view oi'the. platen arbor and the rotarypartsl have added thereto; Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the adjustable pin .68; Fig. 6 is an endview of another typical modification, represented more or less diagrannnatically; and in Fig. 7 still another represented. is j Sim lar symbolsofreference refer to SHnl' lar parts throughoutthe several drawings,

' i'nga yielding or accommodating connection lwith the platen; stopping meansto' detain the rotary partat a constant: rotative means, consisting first of means to render means to release the parts detained froin the control of the stopping means; and indicat- 111g means controlled or operated bythe roends the platen arbor 12 3, bearingthe platen the support of the entering sheet is shown,

ing type 573. and pivoted on the axis 81, all

tain standard typewriting machines, as will he understood.

frame 12 thetriction collar 5-2, Fig. 4, at;

the stopping means effective, and second of main frame all of the typewriting machine in the usual manner, has ournaled in its? 10, whichis revolved by the usual line spacing lever 51. The usual paper table 8-'fo1:-.

as is also a type-bar 78, hearing theprintin the usual andwell-known manner of cer Taking now this already-if p provided structure asabasis, I place upon the platen arbor 13 outside the carriage taching the same fixedly to the platen arbor by means of the key This piece52 may talte a quite 'diiiercnt form from theg co-ne form shown in-Figpat. I place upon the platen arbor next adjacent said frictioncollar the toothed wheel 11, havingia' friction surface engaging with that ,upon'thepiece 59. whatever that maybe. Attached tothis modifiation is somewhat diagrammatically My invention as more particularly illusirated herein consists .ofa rotary part havpoint; controlling "means for the stopping,

tar; part,.con1prising'upward-cc n ting inice wheel 11 so as to revolve therewitha's a unit is the rotary part 6', bearing the projection 14. This part 6 is terraced as shown, and upon the step or shoulder thereof is seated an annular part 6", adjustable relative thereto and in frictional engagement with the said step or shoulder and also on the line 42. Both of these parts I construct of a light material like wood or aluminum.

Against the part 6 is placed the metal friction-ring 82, and the washer-like spring 57, the latter adjustable laterally upon the said arbor 13 by means of the screw-threads 56 and the pair of adjusting and lock-nuts 55. The platen arbor has the usual twirler 60 on the end thereof. I attach to the rear part of the carriage frame 12 the frame extension 22, and upon this by means of the pivotpin 25 is hung the lever 74, mounted to swing horizontally and having thereon the laterally projecting stop-lug 15. This lever is connected with the line-space lever 51 by means of the pins 64 and 66 and the horizontal connecting rod 65, the latter being supplied with the slot 67 at one end thereof. The lever 74 is also furnished with the spring 44, Fig. 2, the action of which-is such that tle lever'is' pressed always toward the left, away from the platen, and also is furnished with the horizontally projecting lip or stop-seat 62, shown more clearly in Fig. 2. I attach to the carriage frame 12 the hinged frame extension 31, by means of the pivotpin 9 atthe one end, and the thumb-screw 63 at the other. This hinged frame extension 31 bears the axle 21, upon which is journaled the toothed wheel 5 adapted to mesh with the toothed wheel 11 on the platen arbor. The wheel 5 should be in diameter some other multiple of the diameter of the wheel 11-twice the diameter, preferably. Projecting inwardly from that side of this toothed wheel 5 nearest the platen is the pin 20; and between this wheel and the frame 12, and pivoted upon the frame 12 by means of the shaft or axle 7, lies the lever or latch 1, provided with the turnedin stopend 61, and an irregularly-shaped working under face 19, the latter in certain positions of the latch jutting downwardly into the path of the pin 20 before named. The-carriage frame 12 has attached to it also the pointer or index-guide 34.

The action of the structure thus far described is as follows: Suppose the mechanism to stand in the position as shown in Fig. 2--the pin 20 by its action upon the lever or latch 1 has raised-the stop-end 61 from the stop-seat rest 62, upon lever 74 into a position above the lever 74, so that when the line-spacing lever 51 after its working stroke returns in the usual manner toward the left ready to begin another stroke, the lever 74 is also permitted to swing toward the left. The swinging action brings the stop 15 of said lever into the path of the projection 14 on the rotary part 6'. This parts upon the completion of a given sheet.

Suppose now that the sheet is twirled out of the machine in the usual manner by means of the twirler 60, and another sheet inserted and brought around into position for the printing of the first line: it will readily be seen that the turning movement of the platen will bring the projection 14 against the stop 15, which will detain the part 6 so that it can thereafter no longer revolve with the platen, but must remam stationary in a predetermined position. The first line upon the sheet will now be printed in the usual manner. Upon the completion of the line, the operator will press the lever 51 to the right in the usual manner for the purpose of advancing the paper sheet and shifting the carriage. This movement of lever 51, at the very beginning thereof and before the line-spacing mechanism has acted upon the platen, will result in movement of lever 74 away from part 6' and consequently 'in the withdrawal of the stop 15 from its stopping engagement with the projection 14,

as shown in Fig. 1. The art 6' will now be free to revolve with the p aten 10; and upon the further pressing of the lever 51 toward the right to space forward the platen for the printing of the next line, it will so revolve; and it will continue to revolvewith the platen until again detained by the action of the stop 15 upon the projection 14. The complete movement of the lever 74 to the right occasioned through the connections between the said lever and the line-space lever 51 carries the body of said lever out from under the laterally projecting lug or stop-end 61 of the latch 1, so that the latch is permitted to swing downward until said lug or stop-end 61 rests upon the stop-seat 62, shown more clearly in Fig. 2. When now the line-space lever 51 returns in its usual-manner toward the left after having made its working stroke, the lever 74 will follow its movement only so far as the stop 61 will permit-that is to say, not far enough for the stop 15 to act detainingly upon the projection 14. The stop 15 will remain in this position relatively to the path of projection 14 until the pin 20 again comes around and lifts latch 1 out of engagement with the lever 74, the slotted end 67 upon the connecting rod 65 permitting the spacelever to swing to the left independently of the lever 74, during the time while the lever 74 is detained in an intermediate position by stop 61. 1

It will now be seen that I have described a means whereby the rotary part 6' isb rought to a stop always at thesame rota-- two point, namely the stopping action of the stop 15 upon the projection 14, and a means whereby it is then released to revolve with the platen, namely the action of the 1 space-lever. 51' upon; stoppin'g means I have alsodescribeda 'yi'eldingfconnectimi.

with the platen'tha' will accommodate itself" to such a stop'pingfaction' upon the part 6, namely a frictional connection. Since the part 6 comes to'a "stop always at the same rotative point, it follows that it re: sumes its movements always from the same' initial or starting point. Supposenow that I supply the periphery of my part 6' with indices, preferably numerals, using marks that will indicate the position of the current line-point relatively to the first line on the sheet, and placing these indicating marks in each case so that when, respectively, in indicating position, each thereof likewise furnish with the numeral 2, the released part 6 having moved forward with sheet.

the platen between the printing ofthe two lines, and so on, as high as I wish to count, my released periphery sus'tainingf now always a constant relationto the advancing Such an indexed periphery might take the form of thejline indicator or'scale 6 in my drawings. Inmy Fig. 1 this "scale is shown as counting by the ordinary double spaced line-unit duringtwo full revolutions of the platen, or to'thiirty-thr'ee double lines, the platen-peripheryin the caseof most typewriting machine's today being divided into thirty-three singl'e line printing post tions, or in any event'into single-line print ing positions up to'somebdd number. If

1 such a platen be spaced forward by double lines instead of singlegthe same' peripheral point can come into theindicating position only upon alternate revolutions of [the platen. The indicating marksas "shown relating to the second revolution of-the platen will not therefore interfere with those relating to the first, but can be placed in a series side by side with them, or if desired between them, as in my indicating scale ,6". In my modification shown in- Fig. 3 is illustrated a more flexible method of counting lines beyond the lines printed during one revolution of the platen, the scale 6" and projection let being attached to a tbothed wheel revolving less often than the'platen. WVhen the lettered periphery is geared down as inFig. 3 to make but one revolution to'the two (say) of the platen, it can be made to count by single, double or triple'line-spac'ings at will.

My indices 6 are described as follows: hammer 26, the said h1g7 extending under- 13o single, double or triple line-spacings.

' Upbnthe periphery of the annular part 6" are placed indicating, marks, preferably numerals, arranged to count progressively downward, instead of upward, also by linepositions. This annular part 6 is adjustable to the. rotary part 6, as has been ex-. plained. 'Ishow it indexed to count bythe double-spaced line, the numerals-counting "during: the second revolution of. the platen falling between those counting during the first revolution. It could however be com- .bined in adjustable manner with the scale 6 shown in Fig. 3, ancllettered tocount by Its use is as follows: Supposel amprinting sixteen lines. upon my sheet, and wish to remove my sheet when the sixteenth line is printed; and suppose also that I am printing matter like tabular matter, that cannot wellbe divided, and wish to know line by line how far distant my sixteenth or last a line is, in order not tobegin upon matter that will not go into the space I have left; by bringing the numerallti of my indices 6 opposite the numeral 1 of my indices 6* and leaving it there, it will follow that during the time that my indices 6 are counting the line's upward on my sheet,beginning fromline 1, my indices 6* will be countingthem downward toward the last line, and .I will ;beenabled to tell at a glance, without making any mental computations, just how much printing space I have left upon the sheet. Or, I could set the scale 6 to tell the distance to the extreme bottom edge of. the sheet, instead of to the last line I intend to print, at my pleasure, by adding the depthin line-units of the bottommargin.

Any mechanism. havinga mode of opera-.

tion such as has been described,that is to say, having an operative member that is first broughtinto a constant starting: or in-- itial position, and thenat asuitable moment given a movement constant with that of the sheet, can be. made not only to operate indic'es, but to control and operate almostany form of signaling apparatus as well. In my drawings I show means for attractingthe operators attention thgough the striking of abell, and means for then rendering the machine inoperative, all operated or controlled by such an operative member.

My warning signal is given by the-following means; I attach tothe pivoted carriage frame extension 31 the further frame extension Upon this Iplace the outwardly-projecting pin 86 bearing the bell 27, shown clearly in Fig. l, butonly in dotted outline in Fig. 2. The. frame extension 76 carries also the inwardly-projecting pivot-pin 70, the same serving. as asupport ing axis for the trip-lever 69 having on it the outwardly projecting lug 71, and for the clapper-stem 72 hearing the bell-clapper or 20 journaled in the carriage frame 12. Upon neath the said clapper-stem 72 and acting will be raised and afterward released, fall-- liftingly upon it. The toothed wheel 5 carries near its periphery a series of threaded holes 68, in one of which the outwardly projectin pin 68 is seated adjustably to the. When now the toothed wheel reing against the bell and rin ing it. I prefer the bell signal given in. t is'manner, but other bell-signals may be employed, or signals other than bell-signals.

The means whereby the machine is rendered inoperative are described thus: The lever 1 already described is fixedly attached at one end to"the short shaft or arbor 7,

the inner end of this shaft and fixedly attached thereto is the crank-lever 4, bearing the pin 33. Extending from end to end of the carriage frame 12, and attached thereto operatively by means of the pivot-pins 24, is the bail-shaped stop-bar,29. This stopbar is so stationed and shaped that it can be rocked into a position in which the printing types 73 will strike upon it instead of upon the platen, or rocked into another position in which the action of the printing parts is not afiected; and it is connectcd'with the crank-lever 4 before named by means of the ins 23 and 33 and the connecting rod 40.

hen it is time for the machine tobe rendered inoperative, the pin 20, inwardly projecting from the wheel 5, presses against the downwardly projecting portion 19' of the lever 1, thus raising the lever 1, and through the connecting parts raising the, stop-bar or bail 29 into a position blocking the printing action of the. type 73. This position of the parts is clearly shown in Fi 2. The working face 19 of the lever 1 referred to will be so shaped that onespacing stroke will raise the stop-bar 29 into the blocking position, and another spacing stroke will be required to lower it. The parts are to be so weighted and balanced that the stop-bar 29 will fall of itself into an idle position when released. v

I will now describe more particularly the use of my invention. 7

Suppose I wish to "rint a' small page, say sixteen lines in lengt I first turn my indexed periphery 6 until the numeral 16 thereon lies within the index-loop, or at the pointer. I then loosen the thumb-screw 63 and rock the frame extension 31 downward on its pivot 9 until the toothed wheels 5 and 11 are disengaged. I now turn the wheel 5 in its normal direction on its axis .until the bell-signal is given. I have now only to throw the two toothed wheels into mesh spacing lever 51is placed adjacent to the figure.

again by raising the frame extension 31 into place and fastening it. My signal bell will now always ring when the platen is spaced forward for the rinting of the sixteenth line, and my mac ine Wlll always be ren-" dered inoperative if the platen is then spaced forward for the printing of an additional line. If for any reason I'wish to add further matter to my page, I can always do so by turning my rotary artfi' forward or backward relatively'to t e platen, the light frictional connection readily permitting of the movement. Such a manipulation would not in the least affect the operation of my mechanism relatively to the printing of the next sheet. And in addition to my hell signal and to my means for rendering the machine inoperative if the bell signal be disregarded, I have the entire series of indices 6", to indicate as already described the number of lines I can still print on my sheet, beginning with my first and ending with my last.

. In certain typewriting machines the lineleft end of the carriage; and I wish to show a means whereby the mechanism may be more directly connected therewith, some of the parts being omittedx In my Fig. 3 is shown such a modification. The toothed 1wheel'11 here has a frictional connection with the platen as before, but the indices 6" are attached to revolve with the toothed wheel 5. The toothed wheels in this arrangement may be of any diameter relatively to one another. The wheel 5 turns on the pin 21,.here stationed on the carriage frame 12 in a fixedrelation to the platen arbor. The spacing lever 51 has attached. to it the projecting detent 15, and normally stands in a position in which this detent lies in the path of the pin 14. During the twirling out of the completed sheet and the ositioning of the new one this pin 14 wil be stopped by the detent 15, and the indices stand with the numeral 1 or the peripheral position therefor inthe indicating position above the pointer 34, as before; and during the writing of the first line this will be the position of the parts. The line-space lever 51' will now be pressed to the right, instantly removing the detent 15 from its detaining engagement upon the pin 11. A further movement to the right of this lever-namely tothe position occupied by it in Fig. 3

will space the platen forward for the printing of the second line, in the usual way.

This movement of the platen will affect the now released toothed wheel 5, and the numeral 2 of the said indices will be brought 1'25 into'the indicating position, as shown in the And so on, to the end of the sheet. Signaling and locking mechanisms may be added, corresponding to those shown in Fig. 1', as may be desired, and the scale 6 as well.

anneal l n the figures thus far explain-ed, thede-d "tent-1151s shownas-removed from its en-.

gagieinentupon the pin H by the" action of "the linespacmg lever 51, but other parts intypewriting could be employed. forpurpose. in 1g. .6 1s. illustrated an 'arr'angemeut' whereby the space-key 39; can.

. so employed instead of. thelinespacing lever Leversi'and 1 are omitted. and a indifferent hail-liar arrangement is employed. i "The: rotary member, gears, 'etc., are or may j Bethe-same as'in Figs 1,2 and 4. The

f aarriui'ge frame- 12 here has attachedtoit v tithe frame extensionQQ'. hearing the pivot- "1'5 pin 17, on which rocks thearm 18 supportmg'one end-f therocking bail-oar 3. This bail-bar 3 extends from end to end of the car- 1 riage frame. 128ml lies parallel'tofthe platen axis-13; .and 'it must be imagined as sup- 2o rtedntthe farther "end-"of the frame 12 a similar frame extensionfpiece 2'2", pivot-p n 1'? andarmlS, so'that when one j end is raised or lowered}. the other "will he i Qraised or lowered also, without afifeoting its man. relations with ,the' plateiri axis. "j' fj' v pen the bail-bar 3' hangsthe'connecting frod 2. a slide-hearing on' the end thereof I receiving thebail-har with-initsopening and permitting thesaid hail-oar to play backl q-ward; and forward therein without affecting" the lateral position of ther'rod. The rod 2' "extends downwardly, and is fixedly attached" otheoross-piece'36 at arpoint about central" hetween the was. thereof; 1! the cross-piece e'S-TalSoljIing parallel with the platen axisi' and ,1 7 extending almost=3fromframe to frame, "This cross-piece-i36 has attached thereto at geah i- ,end by means of-- the i screws the slotted rack 46,-in' the slot l9 of which plays $9 [the]. pin ,37. outwardly. projecting from the spaee-keys lever 38., Journaled hetween the' two'irames d1 oi the machine, bynieans of;

the arbor, es. and its hearing at either end. is

stationed the rocking lock-gate 50; in fsuch a p0s1t1on that when turnedvertical the upper edge thereof will; lie adjacent; to the lower edge oflthe [115113;]. typesbar operating levers 1 as (shownclearly in Fig. 7), an'd the said levers'eannot be depressed, but-having a length 7 sufficiently short 2 that the space-key; levers f at either end thereof will-be cleared and not'locked. Fixedly K attachedto this rock-. -'"ing'gate and turning with it upon its axis isthe toothed segment elZ en'gaging with Before the inwardly projecting. piece or pin arm mechanism is shown in the n position assumed immediately before the 9 printing pf the. first line. the indices '6 the projecting part 19 inechanism-of the general type employed in the well-known Fox typewriting machine is also diagrammatically shown, the ribbon being carried-in the loop 94, and lifted into position by the-arm 89,1 the said arm being" [to the left'so that the-detent.lf) will detain lie rotary part 16' carries as.

,standingat 1. When now the first line is printed, the space-bar 39 will he used in the usual manner. the pin 37 will act downwardly upon the rod :2 and-it upon the bailhar'3, and'the detent 15 will. be rocked toward the wheel 5 out of the path of the pin 14. The indices-u'i-ll now count the; lines as before, until .the last line-position is reached. The pin 20 meanwhile has come around into a position ad acent to the toe 1}),which now lies in its path. When now the sheet is spaced forward for the printing of still another line, the pin '20, pressing against the toe. 19.,will brush it aside to- War'd'theleft, lifting t e hail-bar 3 and [the 'rack46, and turning the gate until it stands upright under the type-key'leve'rs 58 and locks them; A further movement forward of the platen will now be effected to remove the sheet, the-toe 19 will be pressed still farther to the left, and the machine will be again n the position shown 1n Fig. 6.

The belleignal of course may he added at will.

In my modification shown in Fig. 7', still another controlling means is made use 0f. Thebail-shapedstop-bar 29 here is similar to-that shownin'Fig. 1, except that. it is jourrialed at either end upon'the carriage 'frame'lil bythe :arbor 24 and a suitable hearing. The saidarbor 24 is shown as extended, outwardly past the plane ofthe wheel- 5, and having upon it the fixedly .attached lever 1., bearing the detent'lo and A r1bbon-loearmg operated through the depression of the keybars 58 upon the ,univei'salhar 7 9 lying therethe first line will now raise the ribbon-arm lever 95 andgthe spring96 attached thereto upon the pin 92 projecting from the lower portion ofltheelbow-lever 91, the upper portion ofa vhidh constitutes the-said arm 89. As the pin 20 on the Wheel 5 comes into the positionas shown, it pressesthe lever? 1 the pin, 14 as before. :In this: position the maohineis, inoperative, the stop-bar 29 hemg-HepTesSed into the path taken by, the printing-type 73, thus preventing the type from meeting thepaper sheet, andxmoreover -being 3 locked in .this-v position by the act-ionpfthe pin 20011: the lever 'lyso that whenthe type-keyds' depressedthezirmSQ H s unahleito lift it; The sheet willnow be r ed out I of jthe machine sin the usual whereupon thew pin 1 14 will "be gainst the .detent- 15 and detained.

prong The indices Gi -will nowstand at 1,'as he fore:

Meanwhile the, pin; 2(1). has; cleared the por- 'tion 19 of the lever 1" before'heing' brought to a stop. The printing the first letter of the first line now raise the ribbon arm 89, the stop-bar 29 fwillbe lifted'clear of the type-path to the platen,and the detent 15 will be rocked back away from the pin 14. The spacing forward of the paper sheet for the printing of the second line willnow bringthe numeral 2 into the indicating position,'and so on to the endof' thesheet,

as before. The spring 93, bearing upwardly against the pin 99 on the lever 1, and attached to the carriage frame 12, assists in locked and unlocked positions respectively. It willbe understood that "type bar -78, its

maintaining'the parts described in their axis 81, and its connections with the. frame 41 and with .the lever 58', cons titute wellknown parts of various standard machines, and it is therefore unnecessary"todescribe The modifications illustrate theease with which various parts operative "during the printing of the first line or some action related thereto maybe made tojcontrol the action of an indicating mechanism of this general nature'. I r v v p I The serles of indlces 6 and 6 are prefer:

ably carried upon a periphery as shown, but the invention is not necessarily res'tricted to. the peripheral arrangement, nor'is' it in all cases essential that they an axis as shown, nor need the part 'eontrbl ling them be rotary. Marki ngs 01. symbols other than numerals may be employed,"and units other than cise means of adjustment between the one series and the other or between the projection 14 and the pin 20, and not the meansshown, orbetween the pin .68 and the pin 20, and between the pin 68 and the pin or projection 14. The indicesfi without the indicesfi and the indices 6' alone without the indices 6, or .both series of indices may be omitted and alone used, or the means rendering the machine inoperative alone, or either it or the bell signal used alone with the two series of indices named, or with either of them.

The invention is not necessarily restricted.

to the bell signal herein shown, or to the illustrated means for rendering the machine inoperative and various changes within the scope of my generalinvention are permisslble in the means and methodsof bringing ing or initial position are, possible, It is to be noted also that although I have shown my rotary member, connected with the platen, the

platen may be considered in one broad aspect of the-invention as merely one element of the train of connections intermediate. said member and the line-'space lever." The direct connection with the platen is preferable, for it furnishes the simplest means of correlat should er lveki i the line unit. The inven tion is not necessarilyrestrict'ed to the pre maybe used alone,

the bell signal an operative member into a constant start=' I I show means wherebysuch arotarypart is nection with the platen, specifically a frie tional connection,

attains its relatively constant line position, when it is released to resume its movements with the platen, being supplied w specifically a releasing control.operated by apart used in printing the first line on the 'sh'eet or in some action related thereto, pref- "er-ably t line-space lev fi tioned;

'It is to p I the principal'line-space actuating means of space lever, practice such of the lever type. it is commonly such; and

whatever the type its line-space or sheet constituting a part of usual. sheet-advancing means well known in the art; v

Having thus clearly explained the nature and objects of my invention, and the manner of applying y to secure .by"Letters Patent-' tion, line-space devices, a platen: actuated from said devlces, indicating means operated from the platen, and means between said independent of the operating tween the indicating means and I the platen, for controlling the operation' of 'said indicatin ineans; 2.511 at tion, line-space devices,- a platen actuated from said devices,

'constantline so a given a normal movement with the sheet. through a yielding or accommodating con-' 1. In a typewriting machine, in combina indicating means and said 1inespace;devices,"

connection beypewriting' machine, I in combinaindices operated from the as I have described with the movements of general invention has as its pith the is brought into a constant -initial or sta'rtcifically disclosed in the presentapplication,

and then detained ata" constant rota'tive point by a detaining means, specifically a stop, until the sheet J the said detaining means i ith an automatic control,

and an engaging control operated'by a projection operatively 1 c nn c e w h h y pe e e men: i y a. It 'is to bevnoted that theplaten asre arded herein is the principal feed-rollj'for H h advancing the sheet through themrachine.

be-noted also thatforfconvenience 10s the typewriter is referred to hereinasa1ine'-, l I

for the reason that'althougli in j actuating means is no't always 1,10. advancing function 'is the same, and old','as I will be understood, said actuatingf'means it, I claim as new and desire Lugos Y the sheet, and meansbetvveen said indices andsaid line-space devices independentof the platen for controlling the operation of trol of said linespace lever; andindices' called into operation through said memher to indicate the progress of the sheet.

tion, a line-space lever, a platen actuated I member.

said indices. 7

3. In a typevvriting'inachinegin combination, line-space devices, a platen actuated from said devices, a revoluhlefmember actuated from the platen under the direct control'of said line-space devices, and indicating means called intovoperation through said 4. In a typewritingmachine, incoinbi- :nation, a line-space lever, a platen actuated from said lever, an operative member ac-- l I nation, a platen, an index-carrier actuated tuated from the'platen under the direct con- 5. Ina typewriting machine, in combinafrom said lever, an operative member ac- "tuated from the platen under the direct control of said line-space lever, and an"v audible signaling means called'into opera-' tion through said operative member.

6. In a typewrit-ing machine, in combination, typewriter-mechanism parts including a line-space lever and a platen actuated from said lever, an operative member actuated from the platen under the direct control of said line-space lever, and means called into operationthrough'said operative mom-' 1 her for rendering a part or parts of the typewriter mechanism inoperative for use. 7

7. In a typewrltmg machine, in combination, a platen, an'operative member actuated to move Vlllll the platen, indicating means called into operation through said member, a detent for controlling the movement of said operative member, and a part having also a function in the typewriting operation connected to control the detaining action of said detent.

8. Ina typewriting machine, in combination; a platen, an index-carrier actuated from the platen, a stop adapted to detain said carrier in initial position, and a part having also a function in the typewriting operation connected to control the detaining action of said stop.

BFIn a ty'pevvriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative member actuated from the platen, an audible signaling means called into operation through said member, a stop for detaining said operative member in starting position, and a part having also a function in the typewriting operation connected to control the detaining action of said stop.

through said member for rendering a part said stop.

hr partspof' saidtypevvriter mechanism inoperative forfuse',1a stop for detaining-said member in starting position, and part having a function inthe' typcvvritin'g' operation connected to control the detaining action of 11.11; a typewriting machine, ,in combination, a platen, an operative member actuated from the platen, indicating means called into operation through said member, a stop for controlling the movement of said "operative member with the platen, and linespace devicespconnected to control the detaining action of said stop.

- 12. In a typewritlng machine, .in combifrom the platen, a, stop for controlling the moveinent'of said carrier and, a line-space lever connected to control the detaining action'of said stop. f

13.In a typewriting machine, in' combination, a platen an operative member actuated from the platen and having a projection in connection" therewith, indicating means called into operation through said member, a controlling part having also a functon in the typeWrit-ing operation, and means connecting said controlling part to control the movement of said operativemember, through said projection. i

14. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an index-carrier actuated from the platen to bring indices into indicating position, a projection in connection with said carrier, a controlling part having also a function inthe typeavriting operation, and means connecting said controlling part to control the operation of said indexcarrier, through said projection' 15. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen. an operative niember 'actuated from the platen and having a projection in connection therewith, indicating means called into operation. through said member, and a line-space lever connected to control the movement of said; member, 2 through said projection. I

16. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an index-carrier actuated from the platen, a proiection in connection with said carrier, and a line-space lever connected to control the operation of said carrier, through said projection.

17. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative member, indicating means called into operation through said member, frictional connecting means betvveen'said member and the platen, a controlling part having also a function in the typewriting operation, and a stop for detaining said operative member in a constant starting position, under the control of said controlling part.

18. In a typewriting machine, in combination, typewriter-mechanism parts includlever connecte ing a position, under the control of one of said typewriter-mechanism parts.

19. In a typewriting machine, in combi-' nation, typewriter-mechanism parts includin a platen,'an operative member having a rictional connection with the platen, indi-' cating means called into said member, a stop for detaining said member in startin position, and a line-space to control the detaining action of said stop.

2 0. In a typewriting machine, in combi-' nat1on,a platen, an index-carrier bearing indices, frictional connecting means between said carrier and the platen, a stop for destarting positaining said index-carrier in tion, and a line-space lever connected to control the detainingaction of said stop.

21. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operativemember, indicatingmeans called into operation through said member, frictional connecting means having spring pressed closure between said member and the *platen, a stop for detaining said memberin starting position, and a controlling part having also a function in the typewriting the detaining action of said stop.

22. In a typewriting machine, in combination, typewriten'mechanism=parts used in the typewriting operation; including a car riage and line-space devices; an operative member actuated from said line-space devices; and means on said carriage called into operation through said operative member under the independent control of one of said typewriter-mechanism parts for renderin a part or parts of the t pewriting machine-moperative for use.

23. In a typewriting machine, in combination, printing means, a carriage, a platen, an operative member actuated from the platen, a bail on said carriage called into operation through said operative member so as to be interposed between the said printing means and the aper, and linespace devices actuating said platen and also connected to control the operation of said operative member.

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operatlonthrough operation for controlling 24. In a typewriting machine,"in combination, printing means, a carriage, a linespace lever, a platen on said carnage actuated by said lever, and a bail connected to be operated by sai'd pla-ten' under the direct controlof said line-space lever so as to render-said printing means inoperative for use in printing in every position of the carriage.

25. Ina typewriting machine,in combination, typewriter-mechanism parts including a'platen, an operative member actuated from the platen and having a projection in -connection therewith, indicating means called into operation through said member, and astop having a normal position in the path of said projection and connected to be actuated out of said path by one of said typewriter-mechanism parts. i

26. In a typewriting machine, in combination,typewriter-mechanism parts includ- '7 ing a platen,'an operative'member actuated from the platen and having a projection in connection therewith, indicating means called into operation through said member, 7 a stop spring-pressed into the path of said" projection, to be actuated out of said path said t ewriter-mechanism' parts.

ated from the platen means called into operation.'through 'said' member, a stop w a 28. In a typewriting machme, m combination, a p1aten,an operative member actu-- ated from the '-platen'and having a projeci indicating P holding said 'stop out of said path.

In testimony whereof Iiafiix myin presence of two witnesses lVitnesses CHAS. F. RANDALL,

Anion H. MORRIS6N..- I

and means connecting said stop by one or n a typewriting machine, in c'ombi nation, a platen, an operative member actu I and having a projecf tion in connection therewith, indicating i spring-pressed intothe path of said projection, and a line-space lever-- connected to actuate said stop out of said the path of said projection, and a latch for ,1

signature I w L'LIAMa'fN IDIG. f

8 the C mmissioner of I t I; I i 

